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27-03-2024 | Cystectomy | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: Advancing Early Outcome Assessment in Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy: RARC Tetrafecta
Authors:
Wan Song, MD, PhD, Jiwoong Yu, MD, Byong Chang Jeong, MD, PhD
Published in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Issue 6/2024
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Excerpt
Radical cystectomy (RC) accompanied by pelvic lymph node (LD) dissection and urinary diversion (UD) stands as the established treatment protocol for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (BCa) and high-risk, recurrent, non-muscle-invasive BCa.
1 However, this procedure is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality.
2 Attempts have been undertaken to standardize the assessment of surgical outcomes.
3 However, a dedicated tool for recording the early outcomes of robot-assisted RC (RARC) is lacking, with existing criteria primarily focusing on longer-term outcomes.
4 …